Which of the following statements is most accurate regarding the primary cause of forgetting?
A)Due to failure to properly encode information
B)Due to failure to properly store information
C)People are unable to retrieve information.
D)Issues can occur at the encoding, storage, or retrieval levels.

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Research suggests that forgetting can occur at any stage of memory processing, including encoding, storage, and retrieval. Therefore, issues can occur at any of these levels, which makes option D the most accurate statement. Option A and B both suggest that forgetting occurs due to a problem at a single stage, which is not entirely accurate. Option C suggests that retrieval is always the primary cause of forgetting, which is not always the case.

Which of the Following Statements Is Most Accurate Regarding the Primary